Apr 16 · 21 min read · A note on the code in this article. The observability setup shown here is derived from a production BFF built for a Norwegian enterprise education platform. Resource names, workspace identifiers, aler
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Apr 10 · 7 min read · Solving the performance mystery: how to trace bottlenecks across distributed systems Every infrastructure engineer has faced this scenario: users complain about sluggish performance, but your monitoring dashboards show green across the board. CPU usa...
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Mar 26 · 10 min read · Series: Backend Engineering Fundamentals · Post 07 of 07 Level: Intermediate · Read time: ~9 min It's 2am. An alert fires. Your service is down. You open your dashboard: CPU is fine, memory is fine.
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Mar 26 · 5 min read · I. Introduction: The Observability Problem in Multi-Service AI Apps The rise of multi-service architectures — especially with AI agents spanning multiple runtimes Why logs and metrics alone don't cut
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Mar 11 · 5 min read · Understanding the Distributed Tracing Decision Modern .NET applications rarely run in isolation. Between microservices, message queues, caching layers, and external API integrations, a single user req
Join discussionFeb 16 · 12 min read · Trace Context Propagation in Polyglot Microservices When a single user request traverses fifteen different services written in five different languages, understanding what went wrong becomes nearly impossible without proper trace context propagation....
Join discussionFeb 13 · 6 min read · Observability Best Practices with OpenTelemetry Observability has evolved from a buzzword into a critical requirement for modern distributed systems. As we move through 2025-2026, the complexity of cloud-native architectures demands sophisticated app...
Join discussionFeb 12 · 9 min read · Distributed Tracing: Track Requests Across Microservices In modern distributed architectures, a single user request can traverse dozens of microservices, each adding latency, potential failures, and complexity. When something goes wrong—or worse, whe...
Join discussionJan 26 · 6 min read · BY: Marcus Briggs > Commentator Gold Industry The gold supply chain is undergoing a technological shift. Blockchain is introducing new ways to track metal from refinery to end buyer with a level of verification that paper-based systems were never des...
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